Adobe Premiere (formerly Adobe Premiere Pro) is a video editing application developed by Adobe and is distributed as part of the Adobe Creative Cloud suite. It is primarily used for producing high-quality videos across various industries.
In 1991, the first version of Adobe Premiere (original) was developed by Adobe Inc. Premiere was one of the first computer-based non-linear editing systems, with the first version being released on Apple Mac in 1991 and for Microsoft Windows in September 1993. The final version, version 6.5, was released in August 2002 for both Windows and Mac.
The software originated at SuperMac Technology under the name Reel Time, a QuickTime-based video editor developed for the companyâÂÂs Video Spigot capture card. In August 1991, Adobe Systems acquired the project and rebranded it as Adobe Premiere.
Premiere was the second QuickTime-based video editor on the market. Its ability to import new video formats could be enhanced by updating to a newer, compatible version of QuickTime. However, it could only process videos and images at a maximum width of 1,024 pixels.
On January 20, 2026, along with the version 26.0 launch, Adobe rebranded Adobe Premiere Pro as Adobe Premiere, dropping the "Pro" suffix after 23 years of use. This is the first time that Adobe Premiere has used the name without the suffix since its rebranding in 2003. The application continued to serve as Adobe's primary non-linear video editing system, and is still available to Creative Cloud users.
Adobe Premiere supports high-resolution video editing up to 10,240 ÃÂ 8,192 pixels and 32-bit color depth in both RGB and YUV color spaces. Key audio features include sample-level editing, support for VST plugins, and 5.1 surround sound mixing. The software is compatible with a wide range of video and audio formats and codecs on both macOS and Windows. Using the Cineform Neo codec, it supports 3D editing.
Adobe Premiere supports program files from Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe After Effects. Adobe Premiere projects can also be imported into After Effects, and clips copied between the two applications retain most of their attributes.
Projects from Premiere Rush are compatible with Adobe Premiere, allowing for advanced editing features and use of professional-grade tools.
The Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe Premiere workflow integrates metadata across all stages of video production. Adobe Story provides script integration functionality within the Adobe Premiere workflow, and Adobe OnLocation embeds metadata directly into the footage. Within Adobe Premiere, speech recognition technology analyzes audio and aligns it with the corresponding script dialogue using embedded metadata.
The Adobe Premiere family is a group of applications and services made by Adobe Inc. for the use of professional non-linear video editing. Supported features in these applications include metadata and ingest logging, media output encoding, and more.